History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c45.s9.12

v3.c45.s9.12

From time immemorial, service in the revenue department had brought daily bread to middle class Hindus able to read and write. Under Aurangzib, "qanungo-ship on condition of turning Muslim" became a proverbial expression; and several families in the Panjab still preserve his letters patent in which this condition of office is unblushingly laid down. Several other instances of it are also recorded in the extant news-letters of his Court.